Writing
Luis Alcoriza
Born September 5, 1918 · Badajoz, Spain
Died December 3, 1992 · aged 74
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known For
Si usted no puede, yo sí · 1951Si usted no puede, yo sí
★ 6.01951
MovieComedy
Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.
The King of México · 1956The King of México
★ 6.01956
MovieComedyDrama
A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
The Gangster · 1965The Gangster
★ 6.81965
MovieComedyCrime
An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.
The Young and the Damned · 1950The Young and the Damned
★ 8.01950
MovieDramaCrime
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Exterminating Angel · 1962The Exterminating Angel
★ 7.91962
MovieComedyDrama
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.41954
MovieAdventureDrama
The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering companionship with a native man he names Friday, and eventually returning to civilisation a changed man, finding wealth and new challenges.
Divertimento · 1967Divertimento
1967
MovieDramaComedy
Mario is a playboy who is married to Lucía, a millionaire who has fallen on hard times, and he also maintains an adulterous relationship with one of her friends, the temperamental and libertine millionaire Lena Anderson.
Gitana Tenias Que Ser · 1953Gitana Tenias Que Ser
★ 7.71953
MovieComedyRomance
Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.
Movies
Si usted no puede, yo sí · 1951Si usted no puede, yo sí
★ 6.01951
MovieComedy
Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.
The King of México · 1956The King of México
★ 6.01956
MovieComedyDrama
A humble tramp is turned, for a couple of days, into the richest and most famous man in México.
The Gangster · 1965The Gangster
★ 6.81965
MovieComedyCrime
An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.
The Young and the Damned · 1950The Young and the Damned
★ 8.01950
MovieDramaCrime
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Exterminating Angel · 1962The Exterminating Angel
★ 7.91962
MovieComedyDrama
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.
Robinson Crusoe · 1954Robinson Crusoe
★ 6.41954
MovieAdventureDrama
The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering companionship with a native man he names Friday, and eventually returning to civilisation a changed man, finding wealth and new challenges.
Divertimento · 1967Divertimento
1967
MovieDramaComedy
Mario is a playboy who is married to Lucía, a millionaire who has fallen on hard times, and he also maintains an adulterous relationship with one of her friends, the temperamental and libertine millionaire Lena Anderson.
Gitana Tenias Que Ser · 1953Gitana Tenias Que Ser
★ 7.71953
MovieComedyRomance
Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.
Death in the Garden · 1956Death in the Garden
★ 6.41956
MovieDramaAdventure
In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.
Paradise · 1970Paradise
★ 6.31970
MovieComedyDrama
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
Él · 1953Él
★ 7.71953
MovieDramaThriller
Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.
The Great Madcap · 1949The Great Madcap
★ 7.31949
MovieComedy
Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
El Siete Machos · 1951El Siete Machos
★ 8.11951
MovieComedyWestern
Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He also happens to be the twin brother of Margarito, unbeknownst to him. The confusion between Margarito and the Seven Men generates great comical situations in the film.
The Brute · 1953The Brute
★ 7.01953
MovieDramaCrime
A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished.
School for Buglars · 1958School for Buglars
★ 7.61958
MovieComedyCrime
The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.
La casa de la Troya · 1948La casa de la Troya
★ 6.81948
MovieDrama
Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".
Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala · 1946Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala
★ 6.01946
MovieDrama
The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ.
Morir de pie · 1957Morir de pie
★ 5.71957
MovieDramaWar
A young woman gives herself to her boyfriend but is forced to marry an army officer, who takes revenge on him.
El capitán Malacara · 1945El capitán Malacara
★ 6.81945
Movie
Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
Suicídate mi amor · 1961Suicídate mi amor
★ 6.71961
MovieComedy
Tin Tan is an eccentric wealthy man who comes across a beautiful woman who doesn't want to live anymore.
Dangerous Game · 1967Dangerous Game
★ 5.81967
MovieCrimeComedy
Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro
Departamento de soltero · 1971Departamento de soltero
★ 7.01971
MovieComedy
Newlywed couple are jealous of each other's imagined infidelities.
Illusion Travels by Streetcar · 1954Illusion Travels by Streetcar
★ 6.51954
MovieComedyDrama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Daughter of Deceit · 1951Daughter of Deceit
★ 5.91951
MovieDramaComedy
In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.